The play “Christmas Carol” includes three spirits that visit Scrooge that change him in some way. The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of the Future are all similar because of their main motive, to change Scrooge. For example, Scrooge says “ Remove me! I cannot bear it.” The Ghost of Christmas Past had shown memories that were haunting Scrooge, which Scrooge had tried to forget them in the past. Past represents Scrooge and his choices that he had fogged in the past to make him the man that he is today. Past had shown Scrooge as an old man, as an apprentice himself, and his troubling relationship with his fiance because of his love for money. As Scrooge watches his troubling events, he thinks back to the times that he was mean to Chrachit and the …show more content…
This shows that ever since Scrooge had met the Ghost of Christmas Present, his perspective on poor people had changed. When Present was leaving, he showed Scrooge two dolls, Ignorance and Want, which symbolize Scrooge's sins, and how he is fixing them slowly by slowly. Finally, the First Woman said “If he wanted to keep ’em after he was dead, the wicked old screw, why wasn’t he natural in his lifetime? If he had been, he’d have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself.” The Ghost had revealed the scenes of the death of a disliked character whose funeral was not attended by his loved ones but just local businessmen who are eager to possess his properties. Scrooge can see multiple poor people stealing from the dead rich person so they could live happily with money. All the ghosts had shown Scrooge of his distraught past, the present, and his leading future that could affect him if he could